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Welke maatregelen worden deze zomer verwacht? In haar regeerakkoord van 31 januari jl. kondigde de Arizona-regering verschillende structurele hervormingen aan, met name op het vlak van de arbeidsmarkt, pensioenen en fiscaliteit. In het kader van het Paasakkoord sprak de regering…

De Europese Richtlijn 2025/25 luidt een digitale en transparantere toekomst in voor het vennootschapsrecht. Ze maakt het oprichten en beheren van vennootschappen eenvoudiger en stimuleert samenwerking over de landsgrenzen heen. België moet deze richtlijn tegen 2027 omzetten in nationale wetgeving.…

Digitalisation is crucial for undertakings and organisations. The call for it has been around for a while but was brought even more prominently onto the agenda during and after the COVID-19 crisis. The latter raised questions such as: how can we sign electronically whilst preserving, to the greatest extent possible, equivalence with a wet ink signature? And can documents be maintained in electronic format only?

The new kid on the block in the artificial intelligence (AI) landscape is the AI agent, an autonomous system capable of analysing situations, making independent decisions and performing tasks without human intervention. AI agents don’t need a new prompt each time they generate a response. They get a high-level task, and figure out how to complete it. While their capabilities offer significant opportunities, the autonomy inherent in AI agents also poses significant legal challenges.

On 6 December 2024, a significant new law regulating private investigations in Belgium was published, marking a substantial update to the outdated law of 19 July 1991.

Under its new leadership, the Belgian Competition Authority is increasing its enforcement activities and launched a number of initiatives and investigations that put it at the forefront of competition law developments in the European Union.

The legislative proposal for the federal Programme Act was introduced last week in the federal parliament and is expected to be voted on this month. One of the only employment law matters included in this first big reform of the new federal government is the introduction of parental leave for foster parents. The other employment reforms of the so-called Easter Agreement will be introduced via other legislative acts in the coming months.

Deze tekst werd gegenereerd via GenIA-L, de generatieve AI-tool van Larcier-Intersentia, en vervolgens licht aangepast Tip 1. Wees je bewust van de impact van Boek 5 Verbintenissen, dat al in werking trad op 1 januari 2023. Boek 5 heeft belangrijke…

As of 1 July 2023, foreign direct investment (“FDI”) screening has become an essential checkpoint for transactions involving foreign (non-EU) investors. With the European Parliament recently voting in favour of a reform of the European FDI framework aimed at strengthening…

Belgian companies listed on a regulated market (such as, in Belgium, Euronext Brussels) or a multilateral trading facility (MTF, such as, in Belgium, Euronext Growth or Euronext Access) are currently prohibited from issuing multiple voting shares. However, they may adopt…

De juridische wereld is in volle transformatie. Technologie, en meer bepaald artificiële intelligentie, verandert fundamenteel hoe we juridische diensten leveren. Tegelijkertijd is de bedrijfsjurist de laatste jaren geëvolueerd van een juridische waakhond binnen de organisatie in strategische partner, innovator en…

In de context van toenemende digitalisering, cloud computing en AI-integratie worden IT-geschillen steeds complexer en internationaler. Bedrijven die vandaag betrokken raken in een conflict over software, SaaS-diensten, IT-outsourcing of beschikbaarheid van bedrijfsdata, ondervinden dat de traditionele gerechtelijke procedure vaak te traag en te technisch beperkt is.

On 24 March 2025, the Belgium Supreme Court (Cour de Cassation) issued an important ruling regarding the classification of contractually agreed-upon compensations as wage, even if they are not directly linked to the work for the employer. Such compensations are recognized as “wages,” even when they are not directly linked to actual work performed.

The European Union has added weight to its negotiating position for a trade deal with the U.S. by launching a public consultation on products imported from the U.S. that could be subject to new EU rebalancing measures (retaliatory tariffs).

An employer wanting to terminate an employment contract can choose between respecting a notice period or paying an indemnity in lieu of notice. An employee wanting to resign has the same choice, but few employees choose to pay their employer an indemnity in lieu of notice.